Ars-Laquenexy

Moselle · Metz Métropole · INSEE 57031

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 47.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ars-Laquenexy (INSEE 57031) is in Moselle (57), part of Metz Métropole. Population 934 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/57031-ars-laquenexy

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 14,750 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.6
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARTISAN DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (FIRST SERVICES GROUP · TZL MERCY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE FRICHTI). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NAT ATTITUDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL B B METZ TECHNOPOLE PÔLE SANTÉ). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ARTISAN DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	FIRST SERVICES GROUP · TZL MERCY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE FRICHTI	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	NAT ATTITUDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL B B METZ TECHNOPOLE PÔLE SANTÉ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 205 peak 2012: 956 2023: 934 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 956 (2012) → 934 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 741 (1990) → 934 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 360, of which 0 % second homes and 1.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km SPharmacy — 1.6 km WGP — 1.7 km WBakery — 2.0 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Ars-Laquenexy): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jury): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Metz): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Metz): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ars-Laquenexy): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 76.6

Muggy days a summer 0.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURCELLES-CHAUSSY weather station, 8.7 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 240 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 10.6 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COURCELLES-CHAUSSY, 8.7 km away at 225 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57463
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hondeghem	59	326 km NW	916	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Chassemy	02	203 km W	895	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Coltainville	28	349 km W	915	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Pontarmé	60	271 km W	905	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Jaillans	26	459 km S	1,009	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Machault	77	262 km W	815	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chassemy	02	203 km W	895	43.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Machault	77	262 km W	815	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Pontarmé	60	271 km W	905	46.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Hondeghem	59	326 km NW	916	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Coltainville	28	349 km W	915	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Jaillans	26	459 km S	1,009	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Ars-Laquenexy's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Foussemagne	90	171 km S	869	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Luzancy	77	225 km W	1,036	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pontpierre	57	28 km E	735	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Avril	54	31 km NW	1,225	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Guessling-Hémering	57	30 km E	925	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Châlonvillars	70	166 km S	1,264	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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